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While this is the first detection of hantavirus in the region this year, the virus is not uncommon in the San Diego County, officials said.

Travis Fereydoun Sarreshteh is accused in the shootings, in which police allege he used an untraceable “ghost gun” to gun down the victims.

A man accused of killing an Arizona woman whose body was discovered inside a Mission Valley motel room pleaded not guilty Thursday.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent came across an unidentified body just north of the U.S.-Mexico line in Otay Mesa Thursday.

Visiting procedures will operate under strict health protocols, with mandatory measures including face coverings and temperature screenings.

Police released footage of the fatal shooting by two SWAT officers of a rifle-wielding fugitive at the end of an 11-hour standoff.

Kyle Puette, 37, was arrested on suspicion of committing sex crimes against minors, according to sheriff’s officials.

Jonathan Robert Whitlock of San Diego collapsed at the Otay Mesa jail about 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, according to sheriff’s officials.

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Complex rules and landlord resistance are limiting the success of an unprecedented effort to help tenants.